Rulers:
• Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665)
Literature:
• Molière (1622-1673): The Love-Tiff (1656)
Art:
• Guercino (1591-1666): Deposizione nel sepolcro (c.1656)
• Guercino (1591-1666): Sant’Antonio da Padova col Bambino Gesù (1656)
• Rembrandt (1606-1669): A Woman Holding a Pink (1656)
• Rembrandt (1606-1669): Portrait of a Boy (1655-60)
• Rembrandt (1606-1669): Portrait of a Lady with an Ostrich-Feather Fan (1656-58)
• Rembrandt (1606-1669): Portrait of a Man (1650-60)
• Rembrandt (1606-1669): Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels (1654-56)
• Rembrandt (1606-1669): Titus van Rijn, the Artist’s Son, Reading (1656-57)
• Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660): Las meninas (1656)
• Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675): A Maid Asleep (1656-57)
• Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675): Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (1654-56)
• Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675): The Procuress (1656)